More from KUOW Government When Online Rants Become Criminal Acts KUOW | By Kate O'Connell Published March 20, 2015 at 1:48 PM AKDT Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 4:13 Flickr Photo/Matthew (CC BY-NC-ND) File photo. Ross Reynolds speaks with David Green, First Amendment attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, about social media rants and when online comments cross the line from hyperbole to a criminal act.